Oxford: Blackwell Refernce, 1989. B&W photos. First Edition. Cloth. Quarto (10 1/2" x 8 1/8" x 2 1/4", red cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected lettered dust jacket (unclipped), Preface by Glenda Abramson, illustrated with B&W images, Index, maroon endpapers, xxii, [xxii-xxiv] + 853 pages. Weight: 5 lbs..... More
New York: Random House, 1997. First Edition, Later Printing. Cloth and boards. Quarto (9 1/2" x 6 3/4"), gray-green quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over yellow boards, archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with modernistic color image by Liselotte Watkins of a woman embracing a man, xii +..... More
London & Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, c.1884. Ninmo's Standard Library. Cloth. Tall 8vo, black embossed cloth with gilt stamping, engraved frontispiece of Dr. Johnson, xiv + 562 pages. UNCOMMON edition of this classic. Previous owner's neat signature on ffe is dated 1884, from which we estimate the date of this..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. B&W photos. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Thick 8vo, black one-eighth cloth with gold lettering on spine over black boards, archival mylar-protected glossy yellow dust jacket (unclipped) with small round photo of Arthur C. Clarke, illustrated with 16 pp. of glossy B&W..... More
London: George Routledge and Sons, Limited, N.D. [c.1913]. Edward Handley-rees. First Edition. Decorated & embossed cloth. 12mo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4"), green cloth with bold gold lettering on spine and blind-stamped Mr. Pickwick on cover, 48 illustrations by Edward Handley-rees (Mr. Pickwick as frontispiece); xii + 254 pages. Scarce..... More
New York: New York Public Library / ARNO Press, 1970. Period B&W images. First Edition. Cloth. Small 4to (10" x 6 1/4" x 1"), reddish-tan cloth with black lettering on spine & facsimile of Dickens' signature on front cover; profusely illustrated with B&W images of Dickens's inscribed publications & related..... More
New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, 2020. B&W + Color Photos. First American Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Tall 8vo, blue gray cloth with gold letttering on spine, 16 pages of glossy B&W photos & 8 pp. of color, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped), Index, 580 pages..... More
New York: Sterling Signature / Sterling Publishing Company, 2011. Period photos and images in colour & B/W. First Edition Thus Illustrated, First Printing. Decorated cloth. Quarto, 512 pages. (10 1/4" x 9 1/4" x 1 3/4"), black cloth with copper lettering on spine and elaborately on front cover, Foreword by..... More
New York: Viking, 1999. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Cloth. Thick 8vo, black cloth with gold lettering on spine; archival polyester-protected dust jacket with photograph of Henry James c.1890 by Elliott & Frye, xxxv, [xxxvi] + 667, [668] pages. Weight: 2 lbs 2 oz. Henry James, OM (1843 – 1916)..... More
London Edinburgh Glasgow Birmingham, AL. The Notable Trials Library / Gryphon Editions, Inc. reprint of William Hodge and Company, Limited 1848 edition. 1989. B&W photos. First Edition Thus [reprinting 1948 edition]. Quarter leather and boards. 8vo, green quarter leather with four raised hubs & gilt lettering over light green boards..... More
London: Bloomsbury / Albion Book, 1989. DHL and Edwardian artists. First Edition. Cloth. Quarto (10 3/8" x 7 3/4"), black cloth with silver lettering on spine; illustrated with many B&W and color photos and artworks from DHL's era; archival polyester-protected glossy black pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped) depicting "The Ship of..... More
Washington, D.C. United States Department of the Interior / Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife / Fish and Wildlife Service, 1964. Bob Hines. First Edition. Cloth. Thick tall 8vo (9 1/4" x 6"), decorative dark green buckram with gold lettering oin spine and hen duck with ducklings stamped in gilt..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED Presentation Copy by the Author, 8vo, black cloth with gold spine lettering over black boards, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket, [272] pages. EXCEPTIONAL Condition: SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. The near Mint dust jacket is price clipped. Author has received..... More
New York: Random House, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, blue-gray quarter cloth over light green boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket, 182 pages. SIGNED & EXCEPTIONAL Condition. The Fine dust jacket is unclipped with slight wear. Author..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1987. Book Club Edition. Cloth. 8vo, off-white cloth with red lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (not clipped), 185 pages. EXCEPTIONAL Condition: Tight, bright, and clean copy and unclipped bright dj. Author has received the Diamond Dagger from the British Crime..... More
London: Heinemann, 1991. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Cloth. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, red cloth with gold spine lettering, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) revealing a veiled woman's penetrating eyes by Terry Pastor, 308, [309] pages. EXCEPTIONAL Condition in all respects: SIGNED COPY. A...... More
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1907. Photos. First U.S. Edition. Pictorial cloth. 8vo, green pictorial cloth with gilt lettering & flower on spine and front cover, well illustrated with frontispiece (with tissue guard) and more than 60 illustrations from glossy B&W photos, Index,top edge gilt [t.e.g.]; xxvi, [xxvii-xxviii] +..... More
London: Allan Wingate, 1947. B&W medallions. Second Impression: Text in French and English. Cloth. 8vo (8 1/2" x 5 5/8"), blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and facsimile signature of Ronsard on front cover, B&W period illustrations (often medallions with portraits) reproduced from illustrations in first French publications of..... More
England: Dorset Press, 1983. Photos: color/B&W. First Edition. Cloth. Quarto (12" x 9 1/4" x 1"), brown cloth with gold lettering on spine, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with illuminated border; profusely illustrated with more than 200 B&W and color photos of artifacts, the occasional chronological table, royal genealogies, and map;..... More
New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1987. Photos. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Thick quarto (9 1/2" x 6 1/2" x 2 1/4"), black cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with facial portrait of Erik Erikson, illustrated with 13 glossy B&W..... More
New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, 1970. Repros of 15th Century Woodcuts. Contemporary Reprint of 1970 ed. by Stanmore Press. Cloth. 8vo, green cloth with gilt lettering and image of a man with treasure chest on his shoulders (repeated on half title), illustrated with reproductions of 53 - 15th century woodcuts..... More
New York: Masonic Publishing Company, 1871. B&W engravings. First Edition. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Quarto (9 1/2" x 6 1/4" x 1 5/8"), decorative gilt binding image of the ten commandments at top of spine and Jesus teaching four children at its foot plus eaborate leafy decorations & double-rule borders..... More
San Marino: Friends of the Huntington Library Occasional Publications / The Ward Ritchie Press, 1948. First Edition: 1 of 1200 Numbered Copies #222. Boards. 8vo (8 1/4" x 4 3/4"), gold paper over boards with "Mark Twain" highlighted in red on front cover, glassine warppers, 32 pages. Wecter prints three..... More
Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the title page; tall 8vo, blue quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over blue boards, archival polyester-protected lettered blue dust jacket (unclipped) with white lettering; xxiii, [-xxvi] + 438 pages. SUPERIOR..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. Publishers, 1959. Richard Westwood. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Quarto (7 1/4" x 10 1/4"), green cloth with white lettering on spine, illustrated with B&W photos & wonderful sketches by Walter Ferguson, archival mylar-protected dark green photographic montage dust jacket (price-clipped), viii, [ix-x]..... More